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UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Central Intelligence Agency Washington. D. C2050S 23 February 2005 Mr. Howard P. Lowell Director, Modern Records Programs National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road CnJ lege Park, MD 20740--6001 Dear Mr. Lowell: (U) In your letter of 23 November 2004, you asked that we examine our record holdings to determine the disposition of "classified annexes to the Intelligence Authorization Acts for FYs 1947 through 1970." (U) In response to your request, our records managers completed extensive research into the development of annexes and related budget documents and for verification of their findings also completed an exhaustive hand search of budget data of the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of Congressional Affairs and predecessor organizations, for fiscal years 1947 through 1970. (0//F8UO) We determined that the "classified annexes" are documents produced in Congress that specifically define how ·funding appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency budget shall be spent. The Intelligence Authorization Act that precipitated these documents was first enacted in 1979 and these external documents were not produced until the early 1980's. Hence, the documents are not extant for the fiscal years 1947 through 1970 and no evidence exists that would require a report under 36 CFR 1228.104. (U//F8UO) It is our understanding that prior to 1979 CIA budget figures were disclosed to CIA from closely held informal Congressional documentation maintained by Congress and not formally disseminated to the Agency. Unfortunately, this Congressional documentation was anachronistically referred to in the Stockman declaration as "classified annexes" to "intelligence authorization acts." UNCLASSIFIED//P999 UNCLASSIFIED//~eee· Mr. Howard P. Lowell (U) If you have further questions please contact Mr. Christopher Olsen, Chief, Records and Classification Management, Services, or me, by telephone at respectively. r---~··sineerely, <:"&~ Edmund cone~ Chief, Information Management Services 2 UNCLASSIFIED//Fel!!le National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, Mmyland 20 740-6001 March 22, 2005 Mr. Edmund Cohen Chief, Information Management Services (CIO/IMS) Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Dear Mr. Cohen: This is in response to your letter of February 23, 2005, concerning the disposition of the classified annexes to the intelligence authorization acts for FYs 1947 through 1970. Based on the information you provided, it is cleat that no unauthorized destruction has taken place and we consider this case closed. We appreciate your cooperation in dealing with this matter. Please call David Langbart on 301-837-3172 if you have any questions. Sincerely, HOWARD P. LOWELL Director Modem Records Programs .